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Five tips for parents to consider when purchasing a child’s first smartphone.
By Michael Hawton, MAPS & Jill Sweatman NIIRA
Taming fears – a parent’s guide to helping kids overcome anxious feelings.
Watching a child react to a specific and persistent fear can be distressing for parents. Sometimes, a parent feels so distressed by their child’s res...
Three reasons why the significant adults in a child’s life won’t intervene in a child’s anxiety.
There is research to show that where significant adults in a child’s life can learn how to respond to a child’s anxiety, this type of intervention can...
Helping your child talk about anxiety – the descriptive toolbox
Finding the right words to describe your feelings in any given situation can be a challenge, even for adults. It can be even more difficult for a chil...
Curious parenting: a way to reduce child anxiety
What if we could break our child’s anxious thinking patterns by asking a few consistent but curious questions? What if we could help our children to ...
Being the coach – Tips for setting yourself aside to help your child in distressing situations
Being a parent is incredibly rewarding, but let’s face facts, sometimes it can be really hard. Our heartstrings are often torn when we see our child ...
Book Review - You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy
I have been in the business of listening for over 30 years. In various career moves, I’ve had to listen being a teacher, a counsellor, and a report in...
Back to school after holidays - dealing with anxiety and school refusal.
Many parents would be familiar with the morning struggle of getting a reluctant child back to school. The teeth gnashing, the tantrums, the threats. ...
Let’s not make this school year one in which we add to children's anxious behaviour.
I've just finished Eli Lebowitz’s amazing book,